2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mooroolbark · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Mooroolbark
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly three people live in the typical home in Mooroolbark, which is much higher than most similar areas. This creates a local landscape where large households are common and few people live by themselves. Most of these homes are anchored by couples with children.
2.8
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Mooroolbark — higher than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The usual home here has 2.8 people, a figure that is a little above the national and state average and has barely changed since 2011. This helps explain why people living alone are well below the national figure at just 19.3%.
19.3% ▲ +7.8%
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mooroolbark, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group of families at 63.2%. One-parent families account for 13.4%, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
13.4% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mooroolbark, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Mooroolbark [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/211051281/mooroolbark/topic/family-households